Sony’s Head-Mounted 3D OLED Display Is World’s First
- two 0.7-inch OLED panels with HD resolution (1,280×720)
- 45-degree horizontal viewing angle / “virtual viewing” distance of 20m for the aforementioned 750-inch virtual screen
- 5.1 surround sound coming from speakers integrated into the HMD (Sony’s Virtualphones)
- processor unit with two HDMI interfaces (input and output) for connecting TVs, consoles or Blu-ray players
- size: 180×168×36mm, weight: 420g
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How to shoot Hurricane Irene in 3D
Are you living on the US east coast this week-end? If yes, try to shoot some "Hurricane Irene" 3D stereoscopic videos! Follow the four steps guide here under and publish your movie on YouTube 3D! ...
3) Start shooting one or two minutes sequences. Alternate between shots with a fixed viewpoint and slow pans following the wind direction. If your camera has a zoom, try various settings, but don't zoom too far as the 3D will suffer.
4) Edit your videos with your favorite editing sofware; keep the length around three to five minutes; ...
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Lantos 3D ear mapping: much cooler than you think
A technology originally invented for scanning the inside of your mouth might lead to better-fitting earbuds and hearing aids...Lantos’ 3D scanner is like putting a thin pencil in your ear, according to new chief executive and chairman of the board, Jeffrey Leathe. The probe has a “sophisticated balloon,” or membrane, at the end that can be inflated and then safely travels all the way down the ear canal. ...
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Coming to a theater near you… Jerusalem in IMAX 3D
IMAX extravaganza with bird's eye views of the capital city to be screened for next 5-10 years on 35 screens around world.
... According to the producers, the goal is to create an allinclusive view of Jerusalem: its history, its geography, and its people – all in a 45-minute presentation that needs to stay current enough to be shown in museums across the world for the next five or 10 years, and that is unbiased enough to be shown in cinemas in the 35 countries with IMAX theaters including Israel, Kuwait, China and the US. ...
They plan to follow four teenagers, one Jewish, one Christian, one Muslim and one secular, throughout their day in Jerusalem – where they go, whom they meet, what they see, where they study, what they eat. ...
“Our agenda is to get people to come out of the theater and say, ‘I had no ideaJerusalem was all this, that it was so nuanced and so extraordinary, and has so much value, historical value, artistic value and spiritual value,’” Ferguson said. “We want to enliven the global public discussion and [create a] thirst for knowledge aboutJerusalem.” ...
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[Patent Filing] Apple invents privacy eyewear for confidential information, gaming
Apple has applied for a patent to cover a great new invention that would allow users to wear specially designed eyewear to view confidential information while using their mobile devices. ...
The gist of how this is works is that a user can set the device, be it an iPhone, iPad, or notebook, to privacy mode, wherein the software would allow the option of obfuscating the information displayed on the screen. The glasses would decipher the display so that any potential onlookers would only see a scrambled mess, whereas the user would see the entire message. ...
Gamers may get the most out of this invention, though. The patent application suggests that not only are these privacy glasses good for concealing information, they can also be used to initiate 3D technology as well as allow multiplayer games to be viewed by several competing players, processing different information from each. ...
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KDDI Labs demos 3D Virtual Sound Technology
KDDI Labs has developed 3D audio technology that lets you change your listening position in a 3D space. Multiple microphones are used to record the audio and a unique method of audio signal processing, called virtual sound source reproduction, is used to map out the sound in a virtual 3D space in real time. This can generate an unlimited number of listening positions, even in locations where there are no microphones. This technology also lets you change where sounds come from or remove them from the 3D space altogether.
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Another World Under the Microscope
... Dr. Gary Greenberg of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy ...[combines] science and art into one, Greenberg unveils never-seen microscopic views of objects like grains of sand, flowers, and food. ...
The magnification limit of my microscopes is about 1,500 times actual size; however, most of my images of sand, flowers, and food range from 100 times to 300 times. However, when I investigate cells from the body, such are brains cells or cells of the immune system, then I use magnifications of 400 times to 1,000 times. ...
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Jogayya Movie First Day Collections 3.75 Crore
The mega opening for the magnum opus of Shivarajakumar 100th film ‘Jogayya’ has given the expected returns on the first day. All over gross collection for the film (including the theatre rents) is Rs.3.75 crores from 220 theatres says director and producer of the film Prem. ...
There are rumors that I have done gimmick and not done 3D for the film. For one song and one fight it is 3D presentation and purposefully the facility was not given on the first day because the fans might tamper the expensive spectacles. I have spent Rs.1.75 crores for one song and one fight in the 3D technology and Regional Censor board has also given certificate saying the film is partly 3D informed Prem.
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ISS ‘naut shoots first ever 3D footage in space
At last something to watch on 3D telly. ...
As the vid was beamed down from the ISS earlier this month, ground controllers in Holland revelled in the immersive orbital imagery. ...
"The camera could also be used in the future outside the ISS to support the astronauts' spacewalks or other critical robotic operations. This really felt like being in space with an astronaut by your side," he says.
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YouTube 3D Video Creator For Making 3D Videos Available Online
YouTube’s 3D Video Creator is a sort of a very simple online 3D video editor that is intended to make it easy for people to stitch up 3D videos and make them available online on YouTube in 3D. The 3D Video Creator is intended for people that use two digital cameras or camcorders in parallel that output two separate video files for the left and right eye as the main purpose of this function in YouTube is to help you bring those two separate video streams in a single 3D video.
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